• DT Derek Wolfe – Took snaps with the starters at times this past week with time at both tackle and end. Has shown good power at tackle and the ability to find the gaps, but he will be an even more difficult matchup at end in some pass-rush looks.

• QB Brock Osweiler – Formally listed at No. 3 on the team’s first depth chart, he’s still getting plenty of work at the No. 2 spot most days. He will have to show composure and the ability to handle things at the line of scrimmage during the preseason to have the job in the regular season.

• RB Ronnie Hillman – Has struggled with a hamstring injury that has kept him on the sideline. They want him to be the No. 2, but he has to get healthy first to show he’s ready. He sits at No. 3 on the first depth chart behind Willis McGahee and Lance Ball.

• CB Omar Bolden – One in a crowd of players working as the kickoff returner. Things are crowded at defensive back as he works at right cornerback for the most part, especially with Chris Harris looking more and more like the No. 4 cornerback, so needs to show some pop in the return game.

• C Philip Blake – He continues to show good power in the run game and has efficiently handled any changes at the line of scrimmage or pre-snap adjustments. Still could challenge for plenty more playing time — he’s No. 3 on the first depth chart — with a quality showing in the preseason.

• DE/DT Malik Jackson – Wolfe’s emergence into the lineup has pushed a veteran or two down the depth chart, including Robert Ayers, so Jackson will have to battle some to find his way into the rotation. He could get time more quickly at defensive tackle in some rush packages.

• LB Danny Trevathan – Great instincts for the ball as he always seems to be headed in the right direction with little wasted movement. Continues to get himself noticed and has worked with the starters in a few of the specialty looks.

The rest of the rookie class

• DE Jamie Blatnick – Worked his way back into practice following an ankle injury. He has lined up in the third-team defense much of the time thus far.

• LS Aaron Brewer – In a difficult spot behind a 13-year veteran in Lonie Paxton, but should get some work Thursday in Chicago as well as the second preseason game Aug. 18 against Seattle.

• LB Elliot Coffey – Seems to have recovered nicely from offseason shoulder surgery. He worked some as the third-team weak-side linebacker in the last week.

• LB Jerry Franklin – Franklin has taken some snaps at both weakside linebacker and strongside linebacker with the third-team defense in recent days. Could be a swing player if he can make some plays on special teams.

• S Duke Ihenacho – Has flashed at times in team drills, showing the willingness to stick his nose into the action from strong safety spot. He has consistently played faster than he timed in pre-draft workouts, but will have to unseat veteran David Bruton on special teams to have a roster shot.

• LB Steven Jackson – Another player who plays quicker than he timed and continues to get work in a reserve role at the No. 3 middle linebacker. Could really help his cause by getting noticed a time or two on special teams in the coming games.

• TE Anthony Miller – Took a hard shot from cornerback Syd’Quan Thompson in his leg during Saturday’s scrimmage. Still finds himself deep down the depth chart.

• S Anthony Perkins – Looked a little more comfortable in drills in recent days, but the Broncos signing veteran Jim Leonhard doesn’t help his cause. It will be difficult for him to learn the playbook enough in just a couple weeks to show all he can do so will have to get noticed on special teams.

• T Mike Remmers – Has worked plenty as a third-team left tackle. Good reach with some well-schooled footwork. He’s still a good candidate for the practice squad as a developmental prospect at the moment.

• WR Gerell Robinson – Not surprisingly, some of his best practice moments have come with his former QB at Arizona State behind center (Osweiler). Receiver is crowded on the depth chart. Robinson needs some eyebrow raising plays in the coming weeks.

• G Wayne Tribue – He’s shown good power in run-game drills as a right guard and has the look of a another good developmental practice squad prospect if his footwork improves.

• G Austin Wuebbels – A player many teams had a draftable grade on before he signed with the Broncos as an undrafted rookie. He has taken snaps at both left and right guard in workouts, sometimes working at both spots in the same set of team drills.